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If Twitter was around in the 1800s: the Waite diaries
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/if-twitter-was-around-in-the-1800s-the-waite-diaries/We summarise a diary of Edgar Waite, zoologist and Museum curator, in 17 tweets.
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William Holmes: enigma
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/william-holmes-enigma/The first custodian of the Australian Museum came to a sticky end in 1831, just two years into the job.
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Basil and Howard's excellent adventure
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/basil-and-howards-excellent-adventure/It all comes down to a passion for sea lions.
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Opening our doors
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/opening-our-doors/The Museum's very first public exhibition celebrated the 'natural and industrial products' of New South Wales.
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A Labour of Love — the Scott Family Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-labour-of-love-the-scott-family-collection/Sisters Helena and Harriet Scott documented the butterflies and botany of NSW in exquisite detail, but their path was not without struggle.
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Former National School Building
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/former-national-school-building/Discovering the little known story of the historic gem, the Former National School Building.
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Growing food to building exhibitions – a colorful journey
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/growing-food-to-building-exhibitions-a-colorful-journey/The Museum's magnificent heritage streetscape easily detracts from the triangular shaped brick building behind the Yurong Street wall.
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That's the spirit: a short history of wet specimen storage at the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wet-specimen-storage-spirit-house/Glass jars containing translucent creatures are a common sight at any natural history museum. But the highly flammable ethanol that preserves the specimens inside must be carefully stored to prevent the collections going up in flames.
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The Australian Museum Magazine turns 100
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/am-magazine-turns-100/After a controversial beginning, the Australian Museum Magazine has reached 100 years of continuous publication, with the historic latest issue a timely fit for the milestone.
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1980s: Repatriation - a significant step towards the future
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/1980s-repatriation-a-significant-step-towards-the-future/In 1981 Anthropologists celebrated the ‘return to Vanuatu of an important ceremonial slit drum … one of only five surviving in the world’.
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